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Is it safe to recompile an executable while it’s running?

September 20, 2023 by Tarik

Since this is a conventional compiler, that writes out an executable file, let’s follow it in Linux. The first thing to know is that a Linux filename doesn’t directly refer to the file, but rather to a directory entry, which is independent of the filename. A file doesn’t actually need to have a filename, but … Read more

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How do I make Makefile to recompile only changed files?

February 10, 2023 by Tarik

The specific problem you’re talking about — Make rebuilds program1 (by relinking the objects) even when nothing has changed — is in this rule: program: a_functions.o main.o gcc a_functions.o main.o -o program1 The target of this rule is program, and Make assumes that it is a file. But since there is no such file, every … Read more

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Decompile an APK, modify it and then recompile it

January 31, 2023 by Tarik

Thanks to Chris Jester-Young I managed to make it work! I think the way I managed to do it will work only on really simple projects: With Dex2jar I obtained the Jar. With jd-gui I convert my Jar back to Java files. With apktool i got the android manifest and the resources files. In Eclipse … Read more

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